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Job title Social Cohesion Co-ordinator Job reference 000011231 Date posted 30/06/2025 Application closing date 21/07/2025 Working Pattern Full time Salary Grade: L £48,710 - £51,802 a year Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Youth & Community Attachments Blank Job description Directorate: Place Hours: 37 hours a week Contract Type: Permanent Location: The Council House If you have a passion for fostering community unity and addressing social challenges, the role of Social Cohesion Coordinator offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in Derby. This position allows you to lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive Social Cohesion Strategy, aimed at improving community relations and building trust in statutory agencies. As a Social Cohesion Coordinator, you will work closely with diverse communities, statutory partner agencies, and stakeholders to address the underlying causes of social issues that affect communities, including inequality, exclusion, and mistrust. This role involves developing partnerships and initiatives that strengthen community resilience and encourage intercultural dialogue, ensuring that social cohesion objectives are integrated across various platforms. The Social Cohesion Coordinator position is ideal for someone with experience in community cohesion environments, a deep understanding of social issues, and the ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders. If you are driven to create positive change and support community integration, this role provides the platform to lead impactful initiatives in Derby. The Opportunity In the role of Social Cohesion Coordinator, here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact: Lead initiatives that bring communities together, fostering unity and reducing social divisions through engaging projects and events. Provide specialist advice and guidance to colleagues and others across the council on inequalities, structural challenges, or harmful behaviours that impact communities. Work closely with diverse groups, including community leaders and partner organisations, to address and resolve social tensions effectively. Develop and deliver training sessions to enhance cultural understanding and promote inclusion across various community sectors. Build and maintain partnerships with organisations at local and national levels to share best practices and align efforts in promoting community cohesion. Provide expert advice to colleagues and stakeholders on social issues, helping to shape policies that support community integration and resilience. Coordinate and oversee the implementation of strategies that improve community relations and address the root causes of social challenges. About You To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have... • A strong background in managing projects related to social cohesion, with experience in fostering partnerships across diverse groups. • An understanding of the root causes of social issues such as inequalities, structural challenges, or harmful behaviours that impact communities and effective strategies to address them. • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders, including community leaders and partner organisations. • Experience in working with diverse communities, including those that are disengaged or marginalised, to promote social inclusion and unity. • A thorough understanding of equality and diversity issues, with practical knowledge of how these apply within community settings. • Strong organisational skills, with the ability to plan, manage resources, and deliver projects on time. • A degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience in social or community cohesion. • The ability to work independently and as part of a team, showing initiative and adaptability in a dynamic environment. Who We Are Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us. What We Offer You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive: • Flexible work/life balance scheme (depending on your role) • Hybrid working (depending on your role) • Modern office environment (depending on your job location) • Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations • 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays (depending on contract) • Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on contract) • Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts • Tusker Car Benefit Scheme • Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training • Employee Assistance Programmes & Support • Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network • Support for colleagues who are carers Next Steps If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website. The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Monday 21st July 2025 Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted. Interviews will be held: (1) Community and Stakeholder Panel – TBC (2) Interview Friday 08 August at the Council House, Corporation Street, Derby, DE1 2FS. Important Information
For further information or a discussion regarding the role, please contact Pop Gill, Head of Community Safety 01332 643044 purjinder.gill@derby.gov.uk
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job. Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form. Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification. Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority. Equality, Diversity & Inclusion We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job. We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for. Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality. If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/ Please see Job Description here Please see Person Specification here Please see DBS Code of Conduct here #J-18808-Ljbffr